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Mitchell Funk
Vintage Sign Holiday Inn - Mid Century at Night

1977

$5,500
£4,188.13
€4,822.52
CA$7,793.98
A$8,383.54
CHF 4,480.41
MX$98,818.11
NOK 56,487.47
SEK 51,640.27
DKK 36,032.40

About the Item

Retro Holiday Inn neon sign on a foggy night with vintage cars. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others

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